@mladair.bsky.social
Archivist, digital imaging, genealogist, taphophile, Michigander. Opinions barely my own, def. not my employer's. Resist!
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I take it all back!!! UTF-8 was a mistake! A miiiiiistaaaaaake!!!!!
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I take it all back!!! UTF-8 was a mistake! A miiiiiistaaaaaake!!!!!
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I've had enough with the family & friends dying this year.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I've had enough with the family & friends dying this year.
Well, if social media has taught me anything, it’s that I want a fluffy animal. Now I just need to decide between dog, otter, tiny goat, miniature donkey or highland cow….
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Well, if social media has taught me anything, it’s that I want a fluffy animal. Now I just need to decide between dog, otter, tiny goat, miniature donkey or highland cow….
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
Poison Ivy League school
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Poison Ivy League school
What could possibly go wrong?
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
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I don't understand why this isn't absolutely blowing up. A whole public library system shutting down branches to remove books because the Tennessee Secretary of State believes that Executive Orders are above the Constitution.
The Tennessee Secretary of State handed public library boards that are eager to ban LGBTQ+ books–and particularly trans books–from their collections the biggest permission slip last week.
Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don't understand why this isn't absolutely blowing up. A whole public library system shutting down branches to remove books because the Tennessee Secretary of State believes that Executive Orders are above the Constitution.
My ancient Scandinavian genes must be stirred up tonight. For some reason I’m craving smoked fish. 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My ancient Scandinavian genes must be stirred up tonight. For some reason I’m craving smoked fish. 🤷♂️
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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Today's word of the day:
REBUKE: (verb) to criticize sharply; to reprimand; to turn back or keep down
(noun) an expression of strong disapproval; a reprimand
REBUKE: (verb) to criticize sharply; to reprimand; to turn back or keep down
(noun) an expression of strong disapproval; a reprimand
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today's word of the day:
REBUKE: (verb) to criticize sharply; to reprimand; to turn back or keep down
(noun) an expression of strong disapproval; a reprimand
REBUKE: (verb) to criticize sharply; to reprimand; to turn back or keep down
(noun) an expression of strong disapproval; a reprimand
Cue up the MAGA stolen election madness. Oh, I suspect the White House will need more ketchup tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Cue up the MAGA stolen election madness. Oh, I suspect the White House will need more ketchup tonight.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Welcome to the Hunger Games....
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Welcome to the Hunger Games....
Can somebody explain to me why the govt jackbooted gestapo thugs get away with VIOLENTLY detaining people when being undocumented is a CIVIL offense, not a criminal offense?
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Can somebody explain to me why the govt jackbooted gestapo thugs get away with VIOLENTLY detaining people when being undocumented is a CIVIL offense, not a criminal offense?
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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The Walton family surely does
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Walton family surely does
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These are not things that people say to the press in normal democracies. Dangerous and illiberal - Trumpian demands for impunity and attempts to silence dissent are spreading.
NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
These are not things that people say to the press in normal democracies. Dangerous and illiberal - Trumpian demands for impunity and attempts to silence dissent are spreading.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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It is absolutely not OK for the Administration to hold a military-issues briefing restricted to members of a single political party. There is nothing--nothing--where nonpartisanship is more essential than in the governance of the military. A one-party military is not an instutition of a democracy.
Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It is absolutely not OK for the Administration to hold a military-issues briefing restricted to members of a single political party. There is nothing--nothing--where nonpartisanship is more essential than in the governance of the military. A one-party military is not an instutition of a democracy.
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Yes, folks, it is happening here.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Yes, folks, it is happening here.
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This is creepy and ugly and violates personal liberties in profound ways... and the mentality of spending this kind of money in this way vs. simply helping people... Too many deeply broken (deeply greedy) people.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is creepy and ugly and violates personal liberties in profound ways... and the mentality of spending this kind of money in this way vs. simply helping people... Too many deeply broken (deeply greedy) people.
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.